Rules and Tools for Software Evolution Planning and Management
Meir Manny Lehman, Juan C. Fernáandez‐Ramil · 2006
This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Laws of Software Evolution S- and E-Type Program Classification First Law: Continuing Change Second Law: Increasing Complexity Third Law: Self Regulation Fourth Law: Conservation of Organisational Stability Fifth Law: Conservation of Familiarity Sixth Law: Continuing Growth Seventh Law: Declining Quality Eighth Law: Feedback System The FEAST Hypothesis The Principle of Software Uncertainty Conclusions Acknowledgements References